This student started in 2014. He knew from the start that he wanted to be a system engineer. He took every opportunity and project to work towards this goal. This is part of the set of skills he decided to grow:

• C
• C++
• UNIX operating systems
• Kernel development

This student started in 2014. He got hooked to cyber security after a conference organised by the school. He never looked back and worked towards becoming a security expert since then. And he did. This is part of the set of skills he decided to grow:

• C
• Assembly
• Reverse engineering
• System and network administration
• Security breaches detection, correction

This student started in 2013. She discovered that she did not want to specialise and developed her skills more broadly. During her journey through the curriculum she found that she wanted to help others grow their own skills and turned her knowledge into becoming a professional instructor that is training teams within companies. This is part of the set of skills she decided to grow:

• Organisational skills
• Company experience
• Group and interpersonal experience

Before hearing about 42 I went to a public college for IT sciences. I kept waiting to learn about and do real things, but it never happened. I was simply bored with cold science, and knowledge that was just not in line with the needs of a modern developer's life and work. Then I saw 42's study program, which gave me no timeline, but just a comprehensive list of what 42 students had to realise at the time. I went to Paris immediately, I met amazing people and learned so much about life from them, and I worked with professionals on common projects, which helped through the transition to the work world. Now that I'm working, I continue to grow using the tools 42 gave me: quick and efficient learning, sociability and a general misunderstanding of the concept of "end of day".

I joined 42 after a year of med school. I realized I might have chosen the wrong branch when I was designing video games on my computer during classes instead of taking notes. I chose 42 instead of any other school because of the peer learning method. Before joining 42 I had always learned the most by trial and error on my own and using internet resources. I felt that having the freedom to learn what I thought was the most important would drive me more than attending mandatory classes. Three years later, I'm designing data processing pipelines and working on predictive models in the area of pharma research.

Hi! I'm Simon. I'm from Belgium and I work as an embedded software engineer. Do you have a high school diploma? I don't. I was passionate about drones but I could not pursue studies because I dropped out from school. Then I heard about 42. After the online test, I subscribed to the Piscine, which was so stimulating! Everyone was helping each other and sharing knowledge. I've done my internship in a robotics start-up. 42 enabled me to get my dream internship after only 9 months. Since then I graduated and I'm working for electronics companies.

After 9 years as a store manager for a French leather goods brand, I wasn't learning anymore and I started thinking about my professional path. I wanted change, challenge, and, why not, a whole new job. One evening, I saw a news report about 42. It clicked right away: this school was made for me, it was a perfect fit - no lecture, no professor, the students all help each other, you need team spirit and motivation. I successfully passed the test and Piscine. So I used my company training credits, to attend 42 full-time for a year. A year later, the same company offered me the position of IT project manager. I'm now in charge of the IT side of Le Tanneur's points of sale. 42 was a real opportunity to step up, it's tough but don't give up and you can reach your goals.